Most of us have seen this phone already for the past week, and especially when Engadget got its hands on the phone today.  The Nexus One does not differ much from other form factors of Android equipped phones we have seen up to this point.  While there is no HTC mark on it, the phone appears to be from HTC and matches the form factor and build quality of their other handsets.  The hardware remains a mystery as to the exact specs, but the Android 2.1 equipped Nexus One adds some tasty treats to the OS itself.  The app tray now benefits from 3D elements while there is a new added "Grid view" that allows you to see all home screen elements at once.  You also get more home screens for your shortcuts and widgets. 

  Overall the phone is a very nice, yet is a normal Android form factor.  If the actual OS is smooth and fluid unlike the many other phones currently available, it will be a serious competitor to the overall design and usability of the iPhone.

  EA’s version of an action parkour game on Xbox 360 and PS3 was a love hate sort of game.  I wanted to love it, but just could not get past the frustrating controls resulting in my mixed emotions about what is a great concept of a game.  

The experience is coming to the iPhone early next year according to EA this morning.  The now side-scrolling 3D game will consist of a solid 14 levels and many of the jumps and slides that made the previous game so interesting.  The price and actual release date are still a mystery at this time.

  Since there are so many rumors floating around about what Apple might due at their keynote Monday, I thought I would condense the most notable rumors into one small list.  We hope a few of these come true, but you really never know exactly what Apple is up to until they show us themselves.

 - a cheaper iPhone, with a less expensive limited data plan

 - the showing of Snow Leopard and a release date

 - a new iPhone with a better processor, video camera and over the air tv downloads

 - iPhone 3.0 released to current iPod Touch and iPhone owners

 - a Mac tablet (please….)

There have seen a lot of other rumors too, but these seem to be the most notorious.  We of course would like to see all of them come to fruition.  Hopefully a few of them do.

  While this is not exactly APple news, but Pixar is sort of related to Apple.  Who doesn’t like Toy Story anyway?  SO go check it out and be depressed by the release date.

[Toy Story 3]

  Most of us know that iPhone 3.0 came out a couple of weeks ago for devlopers and now Apple has released a new build for developers.  There have been a lot of different issues reported about the first 3.0 build and Apple has seemingly fixed quite a few of those issues.  I for one have had an issue with it no longer working with the dock connector in my car on a Pioneer stereo you can find in our review section.  The problem has been very intermittant and works about 1 out of 15 times.  No word yet on if this new build fixes this problem, but it does address a number of issues including, search,copy and paste, tethering support, in-app purchases, push notifications and many more enhancements for developers.  There is still no release date for the public, but if you have developer access, get your new build now.

[iPhone Development]